Bubonocele
(Bu*bon"o*cele) n. [Gr. boubw`n groin + tumor: cf. F. bubonocèle.] (Med.) An inguinal
hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming
a swelling there like a bubo.
Bubukle
(Bu"bu*kle) n. A red pimple. [R.] Shak.
Buccal
(Buc"cal) a. [L. bucca cheek: cf. F. buccal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.
Buccaneer
(Buc`ca*neer") n. [F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild
beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American
origin.] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; — a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who
made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [Written also bucanier.]
Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first
given to the French settlers in Hayti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine.
Buccaneer
(Buc`ca*neer"), v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea
robber.
Buccaneerish
(Buc`ca*neer"ish), a. Like a buccaneer; piratical.
